Clinical and echocardiographic features of a ruptured DeVega tricuspid annuloplasty

✍ Scribed by Barbetseas, John; Pitsavos, Christos; Aggeli, Constadina; Xynopoulos, George; Toutouzas, Pavlos

• Book ID: 101226628
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 118 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199801)26:1<46::aid-jcu10>3.0.co;2-k

✦ Synopsis

In this case, we describe the clinical and echocardiographic features of an unusual complication, the rupture of a DeVega tricuspid annuloplasty. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic examinations established the diagnosis, and the patient underwent successful surgical treatment.